Moscow has “so far” turned down Kyiv’s bid to exchange Russian prisoners for the evacuation of citizens in Mariupol, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Kyiv is moving with increased urgency to save 1,000 civilians who are holed up in a steel plant in. Ukraine has offered to exchange Russian prisoners for the evacuation of the civilians — and to send senior officials to Mariupol to negotiate — but Moscow has “so far” rebuffed the bid, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The president said fighters in Mariupol need “serious and heavy weapons” to keep up their resistance, but “so far we do not have enough.” Meanwhile, Ukraine’s air force now has at least 20 more fighter jets available after anmade repairs possible, according to the Pentagon. A third country has offered to send Ukraine fixed-wing aircraft to augment its fleet, though that has not happened yet, a senior U.S. defense official said.
Moscow is continuing its push in Ukraine’s east, where Zelensky said Wednesday evening that the situation is “as severe as possible.” Russian forces this week made “minor advances” in the region, including the capture of several small towns, according to U.S.-based military analysts.
The Pentagon has in the past day sent four more flights carrying weapons for Ukraine, including howitzers, and has launched training — in another country in the region — for Ukrainian forces on how to use them, a senior U.S. defense official said Wednesday. United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has asked Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin to receive him in their respective capitals.
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